INSTRUCTION ON I. N. SMIRNOV’S LETTER

Written:Written between July 3 and 13, 1920Published:First published in 1959 inLenin Miscellany XXXVI.

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VladimirIlyich,

Iam sending you absolutelyaccurateinformation,verified on the
spot by our people, about goods intended for shipment abroad lying
at the wharves. All the goods arepackedand in two weeks’ time
will go to the month of the river Ob.

Wehave done our part. I fear that the cost of these goods will
be 2–3 times in excess of what we shall be getting from Sweden.

Putpressure on the Commissariat for Foreign Trade to make use
of this surplus of goods.

1)Returnit to mewith your comment.

2)Puton fullpressure.

3)Giveme a copy of the
measures.[1]

[1]Inreply to Lenin’s note, Krasin reported on the measures taken
for the speediest shipment of goods intended for foreign trade,
and on their sale and the use of the foreign currency proceeds
for the purchase of goods needed by Soviet Russia.